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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






2. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






3. Analyzing activity sequences - durations - resource requirements and schedule constraints to create the project schedule






4. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






5. Area of project management defined by its knowledge requirements and described in terms of its component processes - practices - inputs - outputs - tools and techniques






6. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






7. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






8. Total number of work periods required to complete a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component.






9. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






10. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources






11. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






12. Members of the project team who are directly involved in project management activities






13. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






14. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






15. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data






16. Provider of products - services or results






17. Identifying and documenting project roles - responsibilities - and required skills - reporting relationships and creating a staffing management plan.






18. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






19. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






20. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






21. Group of related schedule activities aggregated at some summary level and displayed as a single activity at that summary level. same as summary activity.






22. Logical relationship where initiation of the work of the successor schedule activity depends upon the initiation of the work of the predecessor schedule activity






23. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






24. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






25. Processes that organize and manage the project team






26. Features and functions that characterize a product - service or result






27. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






28. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






29. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






30. The process of completing each project procurement






31. Budgeted cost of work scheduled






32. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity may begin based upon the schedule network logic - the project completion date and any constraints assigned to schedule activities without violating schedule constraint or delaying project com






33. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






34. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






35. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






36. Application of knowledge - skills - tools and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements






37. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






38. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






39. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






40. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






41. Document issued by the project initiator or sponsor that formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides the project manager with the authority to apply organization resources to the project activities






42. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






43. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






44. Hierarchically organized depiction of the identified project risks arranged by risk category and subcategory that identifies the various areas and causes of potential risks.






45. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






46. A subsystem of the overall project management system. it is a collection of formal documented procedures used to apply technical and administrative direction and surveillance to identify and document the functional and physical characteristics of a p






47. Calendar of working days and non-working days that determines those dates on which each specific recourse is idle or can be active






48. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






49. Assurance that a product - service or system meets the needs of the customer and other identified stakeholders






50. Processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully